What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.

Dustin Hoffman also never does the same thing twice which is totally stimulating because you're always getting something new from him. You never really know what he's going to do next, so you have to be on your toes.

When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.

I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at the world in a different way.

I don't have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It's not about that for me.

In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.